Why do all pretty female bosses/superiors portrayed in contemporary media have to be mean and scary, as if they're all desperately seeking empowerment and to elevate their authority? I think it's a tired progressive-stereotype.

HSIAMetalKing:Why do all pretty female bosses/superiors portrayed in contemporary media have to be mean and scary, as if they're all desperately seeking empowerment and to elevate their authority? I think it's a tired progressive-stereotype.

No, in nearly all comedic fiction (that I´ve seen anyway) the boss is potrayed as mean and scary.

Dr. Bob Kelso from Scrubs for example who is, of course, male.-Demented Teddy

I have to say - this man speaks the truth, more or less. This one isn't funny, the "bearsploitation" one wasn't funny, the intern one wasn't funny... the one about "space combat" most definitely was, but only because it was about characters in a game, not the main cast.

Well, that's the kind of boss I'd "mysteriously" find in a dumpster missing her arms and legs, with extensive burns across her face. ...>.>OT: Great, fantastic, I hate the new character, but as we all know you're supposed to hate the villain, so I guess she's good to go.